[clue-tech] Linux HAMs?

[Ed]

Me too. A crazy TCP/IP over Ax.25 guy, that is. I discovered Linux around
'93, and then when I found out that there was going to be a "Linux for Hams"
distro based on Debian, started down the road to fanaticism. Back in the
day, I had a tnc a dual band ht, and my 486 Linux box serving web pages over
Ax.25 at something like 2400 baud I think. When I bought a dedicated data
radio I got it up to 9600 baud. Whoo hoo!

Some serious kernel and hardware hacking.

I sold all my ham gear a couple years ago, except for the Heathkit stuff I
built way back before there was such a thing as Linux. I always tell myself
I'll get back into it again when the kids are a bit older and I have a bit
more time.

Maybe I'll build up another huge HF station up on a mountain top in Alaska
and control it remotely via some ridiculous satellite link setup down here
in America.

73 de NL7FU



On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Dave Maddox <softwareanddesign at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm replying to this on-list so folks will know there's another ham here!
> It's true, though, even though Linux has had ham applications and even
> kernel features for a long time, a lot of the cool stuff is still Windows
> and probably Mac. But yes, it depends a lot on what a ham wants to do. If
> it's not hardcore ham-specific especially, there are lots of Linux options.
>
> I was one of those crazy AMPR folks, hooking TCP/IP into packet radio and
> forwarding email over VHF, UHF and even HF! wa1yml.ampr.org at the time. I
> think some of the Linux kernel code is still available, I should look. :-)
>
> Dave, wa1yml (but in Denver, not 1-land)
>
> Nate Duehr a écrit :
>
>  Jed S. Baer wrote:
>>
>>> I know there's at least one HAM on the list.
>>>
>>> I'm not a HAM operator. There's a blogger I frequent who is setting up an
>>> old machine, and wants to use it for HAM operations. I of course
>>> commented that he should use Linux. Anyone who knows about using Linux
>>> for HAM, either reply here, and I'll point him to the archives, or
>>> comment over at this place.
>>>
>>> http://blogonomicon.blogspot.com/2008/08/kind-of-good-deal.html
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> jed
>>>
>>>
>> Jed,
>>
>> I'm a ham operator, but I don't really use Linux for hamming... too much
>> software available for Win/Mac platforms that performs better than the
>> Linux/open-source equivalents.  But I've played with some of it.
>>
>> Ask him what he wants to do (some things are good, some things aren't on
>> Linux).
>>
>> Debian and derivatives (by far) have the best ham stuff and the most
>> updated from upstream... the debian-hams list is also quiet but active
>> enough that there's life there...
>>
>> There was also a Live CD "ham radio distro" at one point, but I can't
>> recall what its name was.  It was debian-based, but was targeted at booting
>> from CD, doing some radio stuff, and then taking the CD out... didn't seem
>> too useful to me, since I would have to mess around with mounting storage
>> for things like logging contacts, etc.
>>
>> What's your friend's callsign?  Since I'm a club president, I pretty much
>> have to say this, but... he can give me a call if he wants!  :-)
>>
>> Have him send me an e-mail off-list and I'll give him other contact info.
>>  Or if he's not e-mail centric, have him leave a voice message for me on the
>> club's voice mail.  303-840-4272.  (Colorado Repeater Association -- our
>> yucky website I haven't updated in a long time is at http://www.w0cra.org)
>>
>> Nate (Amateur Radio callsign: WY0X)
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Ed
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